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DaveRam
July 30, 2007, 2:30pm Report to Moderator
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Seems to me that Paul does'nt have a solo song , which is considerd a signiture song like John's Imagine or George's My Sweet Lord .
So im wondering which song from his solo recordings would you consider to be worthy of this ?
After much thought i think i would go with one of his  most recent songs which stands out from the rest " The End Of The End " or maybe from the past i would go with " Maybe I'm Amazed " as his defining solo song .

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Maybe I'm amazed is a good contender as a Sir Macca signature solo song.  I also think of Silly love songs.  But what happens with Paul is that he has so much solo stuff compared to George & John.  But Maybe I'm amazed has something that makes it a Mc Cartney song.




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I'd definitly have to say Maybe I'm Amazed. It's Paul all the way, the words, the singing, the guitar, the piano. It's definitly one of his very best songs.





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If we're talking about a signature song, we're talking about a REALLY good song, but also a BIG HIT. 'Imagine' and 'My Sweet Lord' are the best-selling singles of John and George. But Paul's best selling-single (Mull Of Kintyre) is not really his best, so I think Paul's signature song is Band On The Run. It was a worldwide hit, the second-but-main single from his best-selling album, and one of the few songs mixing ballad and rock (so haves something for everybody!   ). So I guess Band on the Run deserves the title.  
And Ringo's signature song is... Photograph, right?  


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What got me thinking about this question ,was when John and George died you knew which song everyone would be playing or thinking about , but with Paul it's more difficult, as a signiture song does'nt spring to mind even though he's had so many hits .
His Uk # 1's don't seem to quite fit the bill ? , but i can see The End Of The End been played at the end which ,hopefully won't be for many years.
But maybe a big hit like Silly Love Songs , people will look at and say that's Paul's signature song  

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When John died they did play Imagine....I don't remember them playing My Sweet Lord a lot when George died though...that isn't the first song that comes to mind when you say George...but that is just me....

I think it is Maybe I'm Amazed or like Live and Let Die.....


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Live & let die is good too!




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Probably Maybe I'm Amazed.





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Maybe I'm Amazed.
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What got me thinking about this question ,was when John and George died you knew which song everyone would be playing or thinking about , but with Paul it's more difficult, as a signiture song does'nt spring to mind even though he's had so many hits .
His Uk # 1's don't seem to quite fit the bill ? , but i can see The End Of The End been played at the end which ,hopefully won't be for many years.
But maybe a big hit like Silly Love Songs , people will look at and say that's Paul's signature song  

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They'll play Yesterday when he dies. It's easily the song most associated with him. Solo wise, I'm afraid it's probably Mull Of Kintyre!


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They'll play Yesterday when he dies. It's easily the song most associated with him. Solo wise, I'm afraid it's probably Mull Of Kintyre!


Agree BlueMeanie we will hear Yesterday a lot , and Mull Of Kintyre which was massive in the Uk , but the later is not a great signature song , so hopefully Maybe I'm Amazed will be played also in equal amounts .

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They'll play Yesterday when he dies. It's easily the song most associated with him. Solo wise, I'm afraid it's probably Mull Of Kintyre!
I thought Denny wrote the majority of that song, though?  
I recall an interview where it was said that Paul came up with the chorus, Denny wrote the rest,
and Paul tweaked it a tad. Can Mull still qualify?





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I thought Denny wrote the majority of that song, though?  
I recall an interview where it was said that Paul came up with the chorus, Denny wrote the rest,
and Paul tweaked it a tad. Can Mull still qualify?


Can't see why not. Yoko had considerable input into Imagine.


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I thought Denny wrote the majority of that song, though?  
I recall an interview where it was said that Paul came up with the chorus, Denny wrote the rest,
and Paul tweaked it a tad. Can Mull still qualify?


It's not really a matter of whether it qualifies. It comes down to what songs 'the masses' associate him with. And Mull Of Kintyre is one of them, whether he wrote it or not.


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Likewise with Live And Let Die ,Linda had input in that song , but it's a much better signature song than Mulligatawny Soup  
I was listening to the Live version of Maybe I'm Amazed on Wings Over America and it's a scandal it only reached # 28 in the UK charts it's a brilliant performance , i love it

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